ˈhəzbən(d)mən noun
( plural husbandmen )
Etymology: Middle English housbondeman, from housbonde + man
1. : one that plows and cultivates land : farmer
where the menace of erosion has become most manifest … both landlords and tenants have become husbandmen under grave handicaps — Russell Lord
the parable of the husbandmen in St. Mark's Gospel — Leonardo Olschki
2. Britain : a rural laborer : farmhand
3. : a specialist in a branch of farm husbandry
dairy husbandman
poultry husbandman